New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-17

no Ogdensburg dock-rat coming down here 10 'eacn
politics to a New-York Senator y"
Finally in despair lao the Senator ADMIRERS 'e
story here the Collector sent tor Surveyor beat.e
Beattie does not look at Senators from the
standpoint Of an Ogdensbrrg dook-rat, ana the 0eh-
ator went away satisfied.
| THE LOBBY
| The lobby of this year ia tame AFFAIR. ihere mas
Nan Int ttle legislative carron for these III smelling
| fowl IN nck at But still a 1ozen or more OF them
hang around all the time. No one seems TO know what
they are hero for They como and go In ana out OF the
chambers and nobody ever speaks 10 them OF notces
them Mt ALI They live the best the town affords,
| bowever and are a slick looking" set. The most
prosperous of the lot Is fellow who some years ago,
kept q gn-mil in Long Island City ana adorned .hSt
ring OF thieves who 90. oil the offices there ana stole
the city's money right ana iel] mayor peoeVoiso
went to jal for his part in the jobbery but no one
could catch this fellow. So far as legal evidence goes
Il would have been as easy to accuse Gabriel OF bribery
and conspiracy Now he turns up. handsomely dressed
like black crow as Albany lobbyist. Inc mem
bers insist that these fellows make moro " rAuos
NOV them than by anything else. When corporation
comes I'D here for any purpose they profess 10 oe able
TO buy Ger tain members They conrive 10 De seen Dy
tho corporations agent in company with sucn mem
bera II the members vote favOrably the lobbyists
ia above par If they fail &c to vote he has
n wel.developed story ready as to how they came to
| /" go back on him. .,.
| farna
statesmen nigh on to twent sebin yeahs, an nebbah
aeed de- like said one of the oldest OF the Deavan's
men Yesterday sDey doan' SEN nc mo thor ough-
breds like dey useter. Time was sah EN- dis yeah
hotel was lis full OF great gemmans wild wads oil money
80 big de greonbacks Jest stuck outen dere pockets
sah"
OF course they did The Tweed Ring stole more
than $50, 100000. ~,
They spent it pretty freely too didn't they, Sam
"Dey amt ben nothn' like it sence. sah See dat
Lii 1ay hon I'M hInh
old times in dah sab spose You plays de little game
dc, calls pokah. sab MOI Well. dean. neder, but
dey's good menny folks wot does dat doan let on,
sab. Dere was a great game o pokah Ill oat foom
sab, onct. sah.'
"Who ,layedi"
9Dev was Mistah Morrisey, an Mstah Tweed. an
Mistah Pctah b. Sweeney, sab. an Mistah Genet and
seberal oders which mos togits Dey was eight oil
EN- altogeder, sah.'
aEight All in one gamef
ayes sab dcy had ter shuttle up de discahd 10 do
draw sab an OATS made 1t a great game On de
deal dey mostly all had pretty good hans. but Mstah
Genet and Mistah Sweeney was mos tlckled TO del
1T cos yo' 800 TO cahds, genTmen' says Mistah
Sweeney. Mistah Genet wah dcaIin. IL COS 20 @Loo
mo- TO oahds genTmen,' he. Mstah Sweeney give
n look at de deaah. an he says: Guess we bettah
make II a even 5000 TO cahds raises you $3.50,
Mistah Genet Dey oil stayed"
What"
stay TIL de, gits busted sah.'
"Go on"
@An' de DRAWN begin Mistah Sweeney he frowed
AWAY two cands an held tree an when he Mistah
Genet trow away eahd an hold four. he smiled
sab an remark to Mistah Tweed dat dis war not de
night TO film two pair Pushes DE bettin started
An at 800, an soon dey ~ah nobody lei TO bodder
about de pot 'cept Mistah Sweeney and Mstah Genet
Dey liz one anoder' snh, ten my eyes o'gffeu wiz
watchln' 'em and dey $4,000 in de pot
"Oh, mol" .
Shores stan hyah dis mint, sab. $50, 200! Den
Mr.. Sweeney, he called
@'Fo' kings shouted Mstah Genet reachin' across
de table 10 de pot.
HoP on bout dat Jess leave dat pot be SEE
Mistab Sr eeney I has ben bettin on TO acesH
Mistah Genet looked at dem aces like rs II he
didn't blieve his eyes. Den he say in sol4m Whis-
por:
a. Petah =
a'wot IL It, Harryp
add yo draw in dat ace o di munsi
a. Yc-. my boy
Petah T.
"'Wot is it, Harryi'
al irowed dat ace o dimuns away wild dc dis
cahd ="